alt Hacker NewsWhat is the business model behind open source projects like bun? How can a company "aquire" it and why does it do that?
In the article they write about the early days
We raised a $7 million seed round
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ChrisbyMe • today at 7:16 PM
I mean if you're getting X number of users per day and you don't need to pay for bandwidth or anything, there's gotta be SOME way to monetize down the line.
If your userbase or the current CEO likes it or not.
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rglover • today at 7:15 PM
Either for a modest return when it sells or as a tax write off when it fails.
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The post mentions why - Bun eventually wanted to provide some sort of cloud-hosting saas product.